Bahram II

Bahram II (260-293) was the Shahanshah of the Sassanid Empire from 276 to 293, succeeding Bahram I and preceding Bahram III.

Biography
Bahram was the son of Shahanshah Bahram I, and he grew up in Khuzestan, where he met Christian Assyrians and learned the Syriac language. He served as Governor of Sistan under his father, and when his father died, Bahram became the Shahanshah of the Sassanid Empire. In 276, he became Shahanshah, and early in his reign, Emperor Carus of the Roman Empire occupied Mesopotamia, and only Carus' death allowed for Bahram to reclaim the region. However, Diocletian allied with Tiridates III of Armenia and fought against Persia; the war was a Roman victory, and Tiridates declared independence from Persia. He died in 293 at the young age of 33 like most of the early Sassanid emperors.